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A DOCTOR’S prescription turned Adrian
Chong on to the sport he has become a
multiple Auckland champion in.
The Farm Cove Intermediate pupil
won four gold medals and a silver at the
Auckland year 7-8 interzone swimming
competition held at Diocesan School
earlier this month.
The 12-year-old started the successful
day by winning the senior boys’ 50-metre
freestyle, back and breaststroke races. In
his fourth race, Adrian was pipped for the
boys’ 50m fy title by just 0.04 seconds by
Bailey Wong.
Bailey and Adrian
duked it out again in
the fnal race of the
day, the boys’ 100m
free, which Adrian
won by less than
half a second.
In March, Adrian
had a similar medal
haul at the South
Eastern zone
champs, winning the senior boys’ 50m
free, back and fy and 100m free titles and
placing second in the 50m breaststroke.
This is his fourth year of swimming
competitively after his doctor
recommended he take to the pool to help
with asthma.
“I ended up liking it and it grew to
be my main sport,” he says. “It’s a good
way to have fun, keep ft and make new
friends.”
Yiwei Qi, of Bucklands Beach
Intermediate, was third in the senior
boys’ 50m breaststroke and Sancta Maria
College’s Mikayla Dance was second in
the senior girls’ 50m breaststroke.
Somerville Intermediate represented
South East zone in the junior girls’
freestyle relay, placing third.
By DANIEL SILVERTON
THE silverware awarded to
Auckland’s top junior tennis
team is staying in South-East
Auckland.
Cockle Bay Tennis Club has suc-
ceeded Sunnyhills as holders of
the boys’ Junior Caro Bowl, con-
tested by high-level players aged
18 and under.
The Cockle Bay team of Mack
Dalton, 17, and 15-year-old Luc
Anderson surprised themselves in
taking out the seven-round compe-
tition run from February to April
at Scarbro Tennis Centre.
“I wasn’t expecting too much
from the season,” Dalton told the
Times. “Looking at the draw, it was
quite tough.”
Anderson adds: “It’s pretty awe-
some. I hadn’t won a big tourna-
ment like that for a while. We were
only middle of the feld, but ended
up winning.”
The pair opened the series with
its only loss, to the defending
champions.
Sunnyhills, with a new team of
Connor Williamson, Liam Stoica
and Tama Payne, claimed the tie
2-1 on matches.
Tate Fullerton flled in for
Anderson in the 3-0 defeat of Dun-
holme in round two.
Remuera 1 and 2, Campbell Park
and Royal Oak were also clean
swept in the following rounds,
with the closest result coming in
the penultimate week in a 2-1 win
over Karaka.
Cockle Bay fnished with 30
points and Sunnyhills in second
on 26.
This is the frst year Dalton and
Anderson have competed in the
Junior Caro Bowl and Cockle Bay’s
debut title in the competition.
Coach Jono Frankle says the club
entered the team after it showed
promise in the Waikato Christmas
Junior Open last year, where they
were runners-up in the doubles.
“They’re both quite aggressive
and come to the net really well,”
says Frankle.
“They have a positive work ethic
and are really focused. Mack as
captain showed a lot of maturity.
“It’s really cool for the club
to win the title, to go with other
good interclub results and making
the semi-fnals of the senior Caro
Bowl.”
Sunnyhills 2 fnished third in
the girls’ Junior Caro Bowl, won
by Royal Oak.
Bay bowl over competition
TEAMWORK: Mack Dalton, left, and Luc Anderson won Auckland Tennis'
Junior Caro Bowl for Cockle Bay.
Times photo Daniel Silverton
ADRIAN CHONG
BEACHLANDS Maraetai AFC
is through to the frst round
of NZ Football’s Chatham
Cup following a 1-0 win over
Papatoetoe High School Old
Boys last Thursday.
Anzac Day hosted the
northern region qualifying
round, which also saw Bucklands
Beach AFC take on Waitemata.
Conor Barton scored
Beachlands Maraetai’s goal for
the club’s second-ever win in the
hallowed knockout tournament.
Bucklands Beach is still
looking for its second victory
in the Cup after being thrashed
0-11 at Rogers Park.
The club felded its Auckland
champion under-19 team for
the match against Waitemata,
which leads Auckland Football’s
conference league and reached
the fourth round of the 2012
Chatham Cup.
Bucklands Beach coach
Paul MacKenzie says size and
physicality wasn’t a factor in the
result.
“They were sharp,
communicated well, backed
each other up and played a short
passing game which wore our
guys out.
“We played well, but just
didn’t have the same time on
the ball because we were under
so much pressure.
“What it’s done has shown
the club that if we’re serious
about wanting to play some
good men’s football, that’s the
standard.”
Beachlands Maraetai and
Fencibles United play in round
one of the ASB Chatham Cup on
May 11-12.
Contrasting Chatham Cup results